劫 - jié - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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劫

jié

Definition

to rob
to plunder
to seize by force
to coerce
calamity
abbr. for kalpa 劫波

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

蜐

jié

see 石蜐

Related words (31)

劫余

jié yú

remnants after a disaster; aftermath

bandit; robber

to break a prisoner out of jail

劫夺

jié duó

to seize by force; to abduct

劫寨

jié zhài

to seize a stronghold; to surprise the enemy in his camp

劫持

jié chí

to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress

to loot; to plunder

predestined fate (Buddhism)

劫机

jié jī

hijacking; air piracy

to rob and kill

kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)

to loot; plunder

to break into jail; to forcibly release prisoners

劫营

jié yíng

to seize a camp; to surprise the enemy in bed

劫车

jié chē

to carjack; carjacking

to kidnap; to hijack

calamity

hijacker; kidnapper

to rob the rich to help the poor

打劫

dǎ jié

to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack

抢劫

qiǎng jié

to rob; to loot; plunder; robbery; looting; spoliation

拦劫

lán jié

to mug; to intercept and rob

洗劫

xǐ jié

to loot; to rob; to ransack; to pillage

浩劫

hào jié

calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse

robbery; holdup

robbery

national disaster (ancient astrological allusion)

万劫不复

wàn jié bù fù

consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve

乘火打劫

chéng huǒ dǎ jié

to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot

armed robbery

to steal everything

Idioms (3)

劫后余生

jié hòu yú shēng

after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life

打家劫舍

dǎ jiā jié shè

to break into a house for robbery (idiom)

趁火打劫

chèn huǒ dǎ jié

to loot a burning house; to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)

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